Axis Philly Examines Immigration in NE Phila.
Posted by Axis Philly on May 12, 2014
Axis Philly Examines Immigration in NE Phila.
A recent article by the nonprofit news site Axis Philly highlights the growth of immigrant neighborhoods in the Northeast. Below is a short excerpt.
[T]ake a drive up Castor Avenue from Oxford Circle to Bustleton Avenue and beyond, and it soon becomes clear that a lot of the [city’s] new growth is driven mostly by immigrants…Axis Philly logo
Overall, census figures show that just 12 percent of Philadelphians are foreign-born. But in this part of the city, which includes neighborhoods west of Roosevelt Boulevard from Oxford Circle to Woodhaven Road, the concentration of immigrants approaches 30 percent and higher.
The area around Castor Gardens, Rhawnhurst, Bustleton and Somerton are home to an estimated 40,000 immigrants, or one out of every five immigrants in the entire city. There is even one census tract in Bustleton where immigrants make up more than 50 percent of the population.
Read the full Axis Philly article.
xhttp://axisphilly.org/article/eight-miles/
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